CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2014. Illinois State Rep. DERRICK SMITH (10th District) was convicted today on federal corruption charges for accepting a $7,000 cash bribe in March 2012 to write an official letter of support for a daycare center that he believed was seeking a state grant as part of an undercover[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2014.  The captain of a petroleum barge that exploded in 2005, resulting in the death of a crew member, and the company that owned and operated the vessel were convicted today on federal charges of felony maritime negligence and causing thousands of gallons of oil to pollute the[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2014.  During three telephone conference calls with an outside auditing firm and his own company’s CEO and CFO in November 2012 and January 2013, a sales representative for a downstate computer and telecommunications business posed as an employee of a global telecommunications company that the downstate firm had[Read More…]

Former County Official Indicted on Charges of Stealing $44,000 in County Funds Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—June 5, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced charges against a former Grundy County official for stealing $44,000 in county funds to spend on personal shopping trips, meals at restaurants and visits to hair and nail salons.[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)-June 2, 2014.  A Schaumburg man was arrested and charged with transporting child pornography for allegedly transmitting two pornographic images of a prepubescent minor to an undercover law enforcement officer last week, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, KURT S. MAYER, was charged in a criminal complaint filed[Read More…]

Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—May 30, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a Freeport man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for disseminating child pornography. The defendant’s arrest was part of Madigan’s “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online.[Read More…]

Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—May 29, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced charges against a Chicago area man for multiple counts of possession of child pornography as part of Operation Glass House, her statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Harry Irvin Joslin, 28, was arrested[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2014.  A Chicago investment fund manager fraudulently obtained more than $11.3 million from 41 investors and misused the funds for his own benefit, as well as to repay certain investors in a Ponzi-type scheme, according to a criminal fraud case announced today by federal law enforcement officials. The[Read More…]

Attorney General Alleges Man Traveled to Chicago to Distribute Child Porn, Have Sex with Children Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—May 28, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a New York man was arrested and charged with dissemination of child pornography in Will County as the result of an undercover sting by her High[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2014.  A Chicago man is facing federal gun charges for allegedly illegally trafficking nearly 40 firearms and illegally possessing at least 11 firearms between 2010 and 2012. The defendant, EARL GARDNER, was arrested last night by Chicago Police officers on a federal warrant issued after he was indicted[Read More…]